The Flu - A Novel Of The Outbreak

The Flu (A Novel of the Outbreak) was a free kindle book when this post was written.

Throughout history there have been several thousand different strains of influenza. Each year hundreds are active. Chances are, this year, you will catch one of those strains. You will cough, sneeze, and your body will ache. Without a second thought, you’ll take a double dose of green liquid, go to bed, and swear you’ll feel better in the morning.

Not this time.

In 1918 forty million people succumbed to a particular strain of swine flu. It appeared out of nowhere, and just as quickly as it surfaced, the Spanish Flu vanished. Gone for good. Or so we thought. Though mankind has anticipated its resurfacing for some time, mankind is ill prepared. Mutated and with a vengeance, the Spanish Flu returns.

In a world blackened with plague, a glimmer of light exists in the small town of Lodi, Ohio. They shine as a sanctuary because they are ‘flu-free.’ In the wake of the reality that they are spared, the spirit and strength of Lodi is tested. It becomes a fight against what is morally right or wrong in an increasingly difficult battle to stay healthy and alive until the flu has run its course.

Amazon.com and GoodReads reader praise for THE FLU:

"Another excellent apocalyptic story..."

"One of the BEST pandemic novels I've read!"

"I highly recommend THE FLU!"

Start Homeschooling

Start Homeschooling - Great Education with Your Child at Homewas a free kindle book when this post was written.

If you are thinking of homeschooling, or have recently started, then this is the book you should read. After homeschooling her four children for 16 years, Tina Razzell answers all the questions people new to homeschooling ask. “How do I get started?” “What if I fail?” “What about socialization?”

With chapters on what to expect during your first year, how to keep records and how to deal with relatives who don’t agree with your homeschooling decision, the book is all you need to know to get you started or inspire you to start the homeschool journey with your own children.

There are many people today who live the homeschooling lifestyle and Tina Razzell introduces you to those who teach their own children without them attending public schools, and weaves in some experiences from her own homeschooling life.

Extracts from the book

“Homeschooling is a journey not a destination, always seek to improve what you are doing and teach with a mind that is open to new possibilities and experiences.”

“That is my ideal environment, where children learn love first and book work second.”

“Yes, my children moved dishes! No, I didn’t use expensive china, and yes, things got dropped. I reasoned that plates could always be replaced, but learning experiences are invaluable.”

Chapter Titles:

1. Homeschool – Who? - Me?
2. Homeschool as an Extension of Parenting
3. Anyone can Homeschool
4. What if I Fail at Educating Them?
5. What about Socialization?
6. Curriculum
7. How Do I Know What to Teach Them?
8. Teaching Your Child to Learn for Himself
9. Working With the Child
10. Planning Your School Year
11. Organizing Your Day
12. Organizing Your Books and Papers
13. Organizing Your Life
14. Not Being Supermom
15. Chores
16. Getting Outside Help
17. Working With the Local School
18. Making the Transition
19. What to Expect During Your First Year
20. Keeping Records and Transcripts
21. Testing
22. What Do I Do With My Preschooler?
23. Learning Styles
24. P.E.
25. A Special Word About Math
26. Support Groups and Co-ops
27. Field Trips
28. The Cost of Homeschooling
29. The Homeschool Year
30. Sickness, Jury Duty and Homeschooling
31. Mixing School With Homeschool in Your Family
32. Wanting to be Normal
33. Special Needs Children
34. What About High School? And College
35. When to Enter the Educational System
36. When Life Gets in the Way
37. Protect Yourself and Your Marriage
38. What is the Definition of Success?
39. When Relatives Don’t Agree With the Homeschooling Decision
40. Homeschool Conventions
41. The Legalities of Homeschooling
42. The Computer and Videos in Education
43. The Journey of Homeschooling
44. Home Businesses and Homeschooling
45. The Future of Homeschooling
A. Curriculum Written by Homeschoolers
B. Favorite Resources
C. DVDs to Use When Sickness Occurs
D. My Favorite Living Books


What are people saying?
- The voice of experience
- A Home School Believer
- This book is a great tool!
- I was very excited to read Tina's book
- I appreciated her honesty
- I would highly recommend this book to anyone considering the option of homeschooling
- If anyone needs someone's real life account of what works and doesn't, grab this book.
- She definitely takes a lot of the worry out of homeschooling!
- Clearly, she's passionate about homeschooling
- I got a few great tips about chores and routines
- The list of resources in the appendix is as valuable as the content of the ebook
- Chock full of practical advice and wisdom
- I am very glad I read this book
- Definitely worth the time and money.

The Vegetable Container Gardening Guide: How to Grow Food in a Container Garden

The Vegetable Container Gardening Guide: How to Grow Food in a Container Garden was a free kindle book when this post was written.

Are you limited on space, but still find yourself yearning to grow vegetables?

If so, vegetable container gardening may be the answer. As long as you have room for a container or two (or twenty), you can grow vegetables pretty much anywhere you want. They can be grown on your porch, your balcony or even on a fire escape. Container gardening allows you to quickly and easily set up a small garden that will provide you with vegetables for years to come.

The following topics are covered in this handy guide:

• What container gardening is.
• The benefits of vegetable container gardening and why it's a good choice for aspiring gardeners.
• The 4 simple and inexpensive items you need to get started.
• Designing your vegetable container garden.
• Choosing a location for your containers.
• Choosing a container.
• A quick rundown of the pros and cons of the various materials containers are made of.
• What raised beds are and why they are a better choice than traditional gardens.
• How self-watering containers can save you from over- or under-watering your plants.
• What you need to know about soil.
• How to determine the pH of your soil.
• Mulching.
• Good vegetables and herbs for container gardening.
• Growing vegetables in a shaded area.
• Reading a seed catalog.
• Starting seeds and transplanting seedlings.
• Fertilizing your plants.
• Integrated pest control.
• How to bring root bound plants back to life.
• Helpful tips for beginners.

This book is perfect for those new to the world of vegetable container gardening. It has all the information you'll need to start your own vegetable garden at home using containers of your choice. In addition to general information about vegetable container gardening, the author discusses 16 common vegetables and gives you the information you need to successfully grow them in containers.

Buy The Vegetable Container Gardening Guide today and learn what you need to know to start growing your own vegetables in containers

Beginner Soap Making: Simple Homemade Recipes

Beginner Soap Making: Simple Homemade Recipes was a free kindle book when this post was written.

 Why Make Your Own Soap?

My first reaction to this question is: "Why not make your own soap?"

• Soap making has never been easier than it is today. 
• Making your own soap is cost effective. 
• You can determine exactly what quality of ingredients to use. If you have particular needs, you can address those in your ingredients. Love the scent of lilac? Add lilac oil to your soap.
• Handmade soaps make great gifts. 
• You can compensate for any allergic reactions you may have to the ingredients in commercially prepared soaps.
• You can overcome dry skin ailments with the proper soap.
• Cold pressed and hot pressed soap information and recipes

You will find all the information you need to get started with your soap making including:

• Cold pressed and hot pressed soap information and recipes
• Milled, milk and liquid soap information and recipes
• Trouble shooting and tips and tricks
• Along with additional information on additives such as essential oils plus loads more

We have designed this book so that all or our recipes are palm oil free as well.

Build a Brilliant Bug Out Bag and Beyond!: Essential prepper's kit to keep your family alive after a disaster

Build a Brilliant Bug Out Bag and Beyond!: Essential prepper's kit to keep your family alive after a disaster was a free kindle book when this post was written.

Getting started with the concept of prepping can be a case of information overload. There is so much to think about and so much to do and purchase that people often give up on the idea before they even start.

This book is especially for those people, it tells them all about the first item any prepper should have ready – a bug out bag. It explains what bugging out means and why they should have a bug out bag with survival kit for 72 hours ready to go.

The step by step approach means that it is easy to follow, meaning everyone can have a quality bug out gear prepared for when a disaster strikes. It tells you exactly what is in a bug out bag and gives you a list of bug out kit that you will need. None, of this bug out gear is expensive which means that everyone can actually have a bug out bag ready to go when disaster strikes.

The book explains why each and every member of your family needs to have their own bug out bag and what that bag must contain. When disaster does strike, it is indiscriminate. It will hit everyone. I will be left to you to ensure that you can keep your family alive until help arrives. This book will help you do just that.

The book covers essential information such as :

• The time to bug out
• Where you bug out to
• How to choose a bug out bag
• Other essential bugging out kit
• What items to pack and what to leave behind
• Water
• Food
• Medical Supplies
• Personal Items
• Education
• How to use technology to help
• How to make use of caches to make your survival easier and more comfortable.
The book comes complete with a bug out checklist at the end of each section so you can be ensured that you have all the kit assembled.

The book also tells you the answers to some key questions:

• How much water should you pack – the official guidelines are never enough
• Why everyone should have certain essential bug out kit items
• Where your safe location should be
• What additional survival education you should consider
• What foods you should eat
• How to use a cache to its best potential

This is short one hour book that gives you all the essential information that you need about bug out bags, it isn’t padded out with unnecessary waffle.

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Book Package: The Family Camping Guide & Quick and Easy Family Camping Recipes: Delicious Foil Packet Meals

Book Package: The Family Camping Guide & Quick and Easy Family Camping Recipes: Delicious Foil Packet Meals was a free kindle book when this post was written. A great 2 book set that would be a great addition to your survival books.

Two great camping books, one low price.

Are you new to camping? Camping is a great time, but an entire trip can be ruined by a few simple mistakes. Learn how to camp the right way and to cook quick and easy camping meals with this helpful camping book package.

The Family Camping Guide is your guide to a successful and fun camping trip.

Camping can be a fun and interesting outing the whole family will enjoy, as long as you have the knowledge needed to survive (and thrive) while camping. This book teaches you how to turn a camping trip into a vacation the whole family will love.

This book is perfect for the first-time camper or the inexperienced camper looking for ideas on how to stay safe while enjoying themselves. It's also perfect for the experienced camper looking to enhance their camping trips with fun games and tasty treats.

The following topics are covered in The Family Camping Guide:

• How to start off with small trips and build on them as you gain experience.
• Backyard camping: How to go camping without leaving the comforts of home too far behind.
• How to successfully plan a camping trip.
• Picking a destination and a good campsite.
• Choosing a campsite in an undeveloped area.
• How to make a list of essential supplies.
• Essential camping gear: How to save money when buying the gear you need.
• How to choose the right tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad and ice chest.
• First aid: What you need in your first aid kit.
• Dress for success: The art of layering.
• Family camping safety (includes beating the heat, avoiding campsite hazards and setting clear boundaries for the younger campers in your group).
• The silent killer that's in almost every campsite.
• How to have fun hiking, hitting the water and playing a number of sports and recreational games.
• 7 card games the entire family will love.
• Cooking while camping.
• How to light a campfire.
• Campfire fun.

In addition to helping you survive a camping trip while having fun doing it, this handy book comes with 17 tasty recipes covering everything from breakfast to dinner to dessert.

The second book in the book package, Quick & Easy Family Camping Recipes: Delicious Foil Packet Meals, covers foil packet meals.

When it comes to camp cooking, it doesn't get much easier than foil packet recipes. You'll be able to whip up quick meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner and will have more time to spend doing the things you enjoy, like hanging out with family and friends.

Foil packet meals are meals you create in an aluminum foil packet, which you then place on the grill or directly in the campfire. Minutes later, your meal is ready. You open the foil and eat the meal right out of the packet. No fuss, no mess, no problem.

This book contains recipes for the following types of items:

• Breakfast (eggs, potatoes, sausage, etc.)
• Beef
• Pork
• Chicken
• Seafood
• Fruit
• Vegetables
• Desserts

With more than 90 recipes, you'll never run out of quick and delicious camping recipes!

Buy this book package and learn how to camp and cook delicious camp food today.

Seed Starting, Starting And Transplanting Seeds, Step By Step Guide

Seed Starting, Starting And Transplanting Seeds, Step By Step Guide was a free book for the kindle when this post was written.

Seed Starting, Step By Step
The variety of plants that can be grown from seed never fails to amaze me. Certainly, there are seeds for all locations and all levels of experience. Exotic and personal favorites are a lot easier to find in seed packets than they are in the conventional packs to be found in nurseries and garden centers. Naturally it’s great to have such a selection to choose from but for many people the greatest joy, by far, is the pleasure to be had from growing plants all the way from seed to mature plant. The sense of pride and pleasure to be had is good enough reason for everyone to start their own seeds. This book takes you step by step so you too can enjoy the massive pleasure of growing your own vegetables and flowers from seed. Use the 'Look Inside' feature to get a taste of how the book is laid out.

Food Dehydration For Beginners, Drying Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs, Jerky, Seeds, Nuts

Food Dehydration For Beginners, Drying Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs, Jerky, Seeds, Nuts was a free kindle book when this post was written.

 In this book you will find all the information to need to safely and tastily dry preserve fruits, vegetables, jerky, herbs, seeds and nuts. This book takes you step by step from choosing a dehydrator to the different drying methods for each food type. Includes pretreatment and drying charts for both fruits and vegetables as well as how to package and store your food safely. Please look below or use the "Look Inside" feature to see only some of the information contained in this book.

How Does Food Dehydration Work? An Overview
Advantages of Dry Preserving
Different Methods for Drying Fruit and Vegetables
Features to Look for When Buying a Dehydrator
Sun Drying Food
Using a Solar Dryer
Using an Oven
Most efficient and practical food driers
How to Make Fruit Leathers
Preparing Your Fruit Leathers from Fresh Fruit
Preparing Your Fruit Leathers from Canned Fruit
Drying Fruit Leathers
Oven Drying For Fruit Leathers
Using a Dehydrator for Drying Fruit Leathers
How to Test For Dryness
Storing Fruit Leathers
Making Jerky
Safe Handling Of Meat And Poultry
Making Jerky from Wild Game
Preparing Your Meat
How to Prepare a Jerky Marinade
How to Dry Your Meat If Using A Marinade
How to Make Jerky From Ground Meat
How to Store Your Jerky
Vegetable Leathers
How to Make Mixed Vegetable Leathers
How to Make Tomato Leathers
How to Make Pumpkin Leathers
How to Dry Herbs
Harvesting Herbs
Drying Herbs
Drying Herbs with a Dehydrator
Packaging and Storing Dried Herbs
How to Dry Peanuts
How to Roast Peanuts
How to Dry Popcorn
Drying Pumpkin Seeds
Drying Sunflower Seeds
How to Vine Dry
How to Choose Fruit and Vegetables for Drying
Fruit Quality
Vegetable Quality
How To Prepare Fruits And Vegetables For Drying
Preparing Fruit
Preparing Vegetables
How to Pre-Treat Fruits And Vegetables
How To Pre-Treat Fruit Using Sulfiting
How to Prepare Fruit Using A Honey Dip
How To Pre-Treat Fruit Using A Salt Soloution Dip
How to Pre-treat Fruit Using Ascorbic Acid/Citric Acid Dips
How to Pre Treat Vegetables for Drying
How To Dry Fruits And Vegetables using A Dehydrator
How to dry different types of fruit
How to Dry Different Types Of Vegetables
How to Package Dried Fruits and Vegetables
How to Store Your Dried Fruit

Dirt Cheap Organic: 101 Tips for Going Organic on a Budget

Dirt Cheap Organic: 101 Tips for Going Organic on a Budget was a free kindle book when this post was written.

Are you putting your health at risk with toxic pesticides?

Studies show that we can reduce our exposure to harmful chemicals by an astounding 81% just by switching to organic food, but going organic on a budget has always been difficult.

Until Now, that is.

In this easy-to-follow book from AP Award-winning author Nicholas J. Meyer, who's been featured on the top natural health sites in the U.S. including Mercola.com and Natural News, you'll learn:

-What organic foods last the longest (and give you the most value)
-The one simple trick that can save you as much as 67% on organic greens
-Tips for storing, preserving, and maximizing the freshness of organic food
-A rarely-used buying trick that can save you as much as 89% (!) on organic groceries according to one recent university study
-And most importantly, how to save ten times more money than the cost of this book in less than a week!

Are you ready to enjoy the benefits of going organic on a budget?